Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWINS

TWINS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /twɪnz/

Noun

plural of twin

Noun

A woman's breasts.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of twin

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How TWINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWINS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,687 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWINS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,687 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWINS ranks #3,687 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
25%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

597
215
185
141
140
114
84
65
64
61
59
57
37
34
30
28
25
24
20
20
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWINS:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPALE
8% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

25.3%
CARLE 6.23 bits
9.1%
SPALE 5.62 bits
7.8%
HEART 5.47 bits
6.0%
PALER 5.16 bits
5.9%
MORAE 5.31 bits
4.8%
STARE 4.74 bits
3.6%
CARLE 4.99 bits
2.8%
CANER 4.35 bits
2.7%
PORAE 5.02 bits
2.6%
ROAKE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for TWINS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

T1W4I1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.